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Show FORTUNE LAVISHED IIEDLITW The expenditure of a quarter of a million dollars, costumes worth a kiog's ransom and the services of 1200 persons, from director, scenario writ ! ers and art designers to an ensemble that embodied a small army in size represent but a part of the tremendous outlay in money, time and effort given giv-en b Metro 10 the production of "The 1 Red Lantern. ' in which ihe incompara hie Nazimova appears at the Utah theater last time today The Red Lantern" is truly colossal when it is judged by the combination of the .supreme ariisirv 01 its brilliant j star and b the sumptuous environ meDi provided for her and her supporting support-ing cast. It has the added value of be ing based upon one of the most talked of novels nf the decade. "The Red Lantern," a romance of the ancient 1 it of fekin, from the pen of Edith Wherry Wher-ry and published by the Bodley Head. I The total cost of producing "The Red Lantern" was, In round figures, J250 .000. The time required to makf it was three months; eight week in actual production and tour weeks demoted de-moted to elaborate research work ' ir ried out by June Biathifl and Albert Capellani, who made the screen adaptation adap-tation and scenario, in order to insure absolute accuracy in the matter of Chinese Chi-nese life and custom.-. In this they were aided by several 1 assistant librarians In Los Angeles and Hollwood. so that before a scene v, photographed, they had amassed a wealth of material that assured authenticity authen-ticity in every detail, and also suggest- 1 ed many bits of quaint business, throwing throw-ing truthful sidelights on the charac-I ters of the inhabitants of the ancient (jajmai 01 nina. j Albert Capellani, the eminent French 'director now producing blfl own pic 1 tures; directed Nazimova in "The Ked Lantern." To him was assrgned by Messrs. Rowland and Kargrr. the ex-elusive ex-elusive services of Henri Mon . u r. French artist and Paris academy medal winner, to design not only all the art nteriors. but costume details, special urnishings and properties, and also rersonally to "dre-s ' every setting with an eye to color harmonies and contrasa - Nazimova's gowns alone the spl rs did robes of state worn in the imperial court of the Manchus and the fantastic habilaments of the Goddess of the Red Lantern among them were worth $75,-U00, $75,-U00, and the costumes worn b support Ing principals in the large cast and those of the hundreds of "extras." Advertisement. 00 |